George Brown College:
George Brown, Toronto City College, is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Working closely with partners from all sectors of our society, George Brown, Toronto City College, will provide high-quality education that meets the evolving social and economic development needs of the communities we serve, enabling students to succeed in achieving their individual career and life goals. Among our many programs we offer Flexible, Online & Interactive Logistics & SCM Training.
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Courses:Logistics and Supply Chain Management Distance Education courses (Logistics Management Certificate, Supply Chain Management Certificate, Logistics Management Diploma)
Online Learning:
Today’s organizations today are faced with the challenge of delivering training that capitalizes on the knowledge, skills and experience of a new generation of worker to create high-performance teams. An evolution in learning through the four generations has occurred: From traditional, through baby boomer and Gen X and to Gen Y’er. Yet much of conventional business training has remained traditional. Members of each generation possess unique attitudes, values, characteristics and skills based on their experiences. Paradigm differences between them are evident in the workplace, where employee motivation, loyalty, and level of engagement all differ. Not only do generations have distinct attitudes and values, but they impact team and organizational collaboration, creativity, and innovation in different ways. Optimizing performance in this dynamic environment requires innovative approaches to training and the latest workers, those of generation Y, are demanding quality and flexibility in training as never before.
Consider traditional learning when teachers had all the answers, low tech solutions were all that there was, and those who paid their dues won the race. Now compare that with the outlook of the "Y'ers" who believe you don't have to be old to make money; anything older than 6 months is probably out of date; and technology is the answer, now what was the question? So while traditional training approaches may still work for some, most students now will only come to class if it is worth their while; they'll send one of their peers to get the information for the team or just try to pick it up from the internet. Achieving more effective training in this context requires a new teaching philosophy; one that gains the respect of today’s students. To be effective training now needs to:
- Use technology as much as possible
- Show students the big picture
- Package learning into bite size chunks or modules
- Use games and gaming principles (after all they've grown up on games)
- Be dynamic - use varied and blended methods (discussions, teams, case studies, projects, papers, texts, the internet...)
- Provide opportunities for creativity and allow for strategic thought
- Demonstrate expertise that earns respect ("just because you're the teacher doesn't mean I can't get a better answer on the internet")
- Provide continuous feedback (24/7 not 3 hours a week)
- Create time for debate (facilitate teamwork & discussion rather than spoonfeed)
- Define expectations clearly and
- Align individual goals with the success of the organization.
It is within this context that George Brown migrated its Logistics and Supply Chain Management Programs to online, not surprisingly, online training is a perfect fit with logisticians. From a full-time, in class program that was an orphan & facing elimination, it grew 400% in its first year online, 75% in its second year and continues to grow by double digits. The other reasons? Flexibility & interactivity. Flexibility eliminates of travel time, schedule constraints from travel & shift-work so common with logisticians and the transferability of logistics solutions means access to discussions with others around the world provides real value. It is a perfect fit. Effective business education is now about the efficient facilitation of problem solving in the workplace by providing tools to capitalize on opportunities and the George Brown Logistics Program succeeds.
So while traditional learners remain imprisoned in their bricks and mortar & luke-warm to the idea of online learning, it has proven a perfect fit for a growing number of practicing (and many aspiring) logisticians. Perhaps it is perfect for your organization and you.
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